WinCC Unified – Simple Sample: show / hide objects

“Simple Samples” are small projects that demonstrate simple features. The target is give a quick overview about the theme and be used as start point for related discussions. Follow there are a short description and the configuration main steps.

Dynamic representations are a very important part of HMI / SCADA System. There are many elegant ways to show dynamic status, like Dynamic Widget, Text List, Graphic List, etc. Sometimes however what we need is just hide / show dynamically one object. It could be done using its “visible” property.

It is possible to control the “visible” property linking it with a tag, using the system function “SetPropertyValue” or by Scripting. This Simple sample shows how to do it in these three ways.